Cargo Ships

Cargo Ships

AKA-80

USS Tyrell

AKA-80

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 1

USS Tyrell (AKA-80) from the starboard at Norfolk on December 30, 1944, wearing camouflage 32/6AO. The colors are dull black, navy blue, ocean gray and light gray. Tyrell had just been commissioned on December 4, 1944, in Baltimore. Photo source: NARA BS 96763.

Photo 2

USS Tyrell (AKA-80) again from the starboard this time on January 5, 1945, wearing camouflage 32/6AO outside of Norfolk. Photo taken by squadron ZP-24. Photo source: NARA 80-G-301930.